Loom-temple



(No Model.)

B. HAMILTON. LOOM TEMPLE.

.No. 432,187. Patented July 15, 1890.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

EDVIN HAMILTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOOM-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,187, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed October 17, 1889. Serial No. 32 7,370. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Loonrlemples, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so secure a temple-carrier to the breast-beam of a loom that said carrier can be readily adjusted laterally to different positions on the breastbeam and firmly secured in that position after adjustment. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of part of the breastbeam of a loom with a temple-carrier secured thereto in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line a: g Fig. 1, looking toward the breast-beam. Fig. 3 is a side view of the block Z, Fig. 1, looking from the right. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same, looking at Fig. 3 from the left.

The same letters refer to the same parts throughout the various figures.

S represents part of the breast-beam of a loom, and 0 a n a temple-carrier, which, as usual, is composed of the slotted plate a, hav ing the bearings a and 0 at its ends for the guidance of the temple-arm p, the arm 1) being retained in position by a spring 19, as usual. The plate n has a slot m, through which a screw is usually passed in to the breast beam, this making a great number of holes necessary in order to get the necessary number of adjustments for the temple, thereby weakening the beam, besides requiring considerable time in adjusting the temple in a new position. These objections I overcome by providing the breast-beam s with a round barf, secured a short distance from the beam by the pieces 9 g, which are screwed on the face of the beam and hold the bar f securely at both ends. Upon the said bar f slides the block Z, capable of being adjusted at difierent positions laterally along the barf and held in position by set-screw 2'. The block is provided at one side with the shoulder,lug, or upwardly-projecting portion I), which prevents the temple-carrier a a 0, which is screwed down upon the block I, from slipping or shifting sidewise, hence forming a guide for the plate a of the temple-carrien The adjustment of the temple-carrier in the direction at right angles to the edges of the breast-beam is accomplished by loosening the screw 0 and sliding the plate a to the proper position, when the adjustment is fixed by tightening up the said screw 0. The block Z is provided with two tapped holes 6 e, which allow of greater range of adjustment of the temple. The adjustment of the temple laterally along the breast-beam is accomplished by loosening the'set-screwz' and sliding the block carrying the temple to the desired position, at which position it can be securely held by tightening the set-screw 1' upon the bar f. Hence it is seen that the temple is adjustable in each direction independently of the other, a most desirable thing, as the temple is not often adjusted in the slot 072, as compared with the adjustment on the bar f. The bottom of the block Z is shaped to fit the corner of the breast beam, in order to avoid all vertical movements of the temple either upward or downward.

The advantage of employing a bar f, as shown, is in the ease and speed with which it can be attached to any loom already built or to a loom in the course of construction, the putting in of two screws h h being all the work necessary in putting on the temple-holder.

Having described my invention, so that any one skilled in the art can make the same, what I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the solid barf, adapted to be secured to the face of the breastbeam, the temple-carrier (Z n 0, having the slot on in the plate mthe screws 01', and the block Z, having a shoulder or upwardly-projecting portion 1), which prevents the plate a from having a shifting horizontal movement, the block Z being made to fit the corner of the breast-beam as a guide upon which to slide in addition to the bar f.

2. The solid barf, in combination with the temple-holder d n 0, screws 0 and 2', and block Z, which fits the corner of the breast-beam, as specified.

3. The combination, with the bar f, of the block Z, shaped to fit the corner of the breastbeam, and having a hole for the reception of the bar, and holes 6 e and 7c, the temple-holder a n 0, and the screws 0 2', substantially as described.

4. The combination of the solid barf, having' at each end right-angled attachments g, which portions g are capable of being screwed on the face of the breast-beam, the screws 0 11, the block Z, which fits the corner of the breastbeam, and temple-carrier a n 0, the block having the shoulder or projecting port-ion b, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with the bar f, of the block Z, mounted on the said bar and shaped 5 to fit the corner of the breast-beam, means for clamping the block in position on said bar, the temple-holder a n 0, adjustable on said block at right angles to the edges of the breastbeam, and means for clamping the templeholder to the block, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDXVIN HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH BALL, HENRY PRICE BALL. 

